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23andME, INC. v. Ancestry.com DNA, LLC

In 2003, for the first time in history, mankind sequenced an entire human genome. The endeavor – known as The Human Genome Project – took 13 years to complete....more

The Federal Circuit Disagrees Over How to Analyze Patent Eligibility

On March 8, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Exergen Corp. v. Kaz USA, Inc., held that patent claims involving body temperature detection were directed to patent-eligible subject matter under § 101. The...more

The Master Review Form Provides Insight into How the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Treats Eligible Subject Matter Rejections...

On February 9, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) held its first Chicago Regional Seminar, hosted by Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Stefanos Karmis, the Acting Director of the...more

Abstract Ideas and the USPTO: Examiner Guidance Post Enfish and TLI

On May 19, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a memorandum containing a summary of two recent Federal Circuit decisions along with a directive for how patent examiners should apply the holdings of the...more

USPTO Clarifies Subject Matter Eligibility Procedure

On May 4, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) published a memorandum to assist patent examiners (“Examiners”) in crafting subject matter eligibility rejections and analyzing applicant responses to...more

U.S. Patent Office Issues New Examples of Patent Eligibility Analysis of Life Sciences Claims

On May 4, 2016, the United States Patent Office published a subject matter eligibility update for determining patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Update supplements the previous guidelines and includes additional...more

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